But before I do go, and to answer Stringsinger's scathing comments, my meaning was perfectly clear to anyone with half-decent English comprehension skills, and I didn't think it would be necessary to spell it out in words of one syllable or less - Christianity is a much older religion than Islam, and five hundred or so years ago Christians behaved in much the same way as Islamic extremists are wont to do nowadays, in that they persecuted, tortured, and killed anyone who was not 'of the faith' or who committed heresy, or any one of a range of 'crimes' against God. They burned heretics at the stake, they drowned 'witches', they killed Catholics for not being Anglicans.......amongst many other things.

Today, the Christian Religion is far from being perfect, but it has matured to a point where it doesn't generally react in such a savage way. And the crux of the point I was making, Stringsinger, is that, given time, it may well be that Islam will follow the same route, insha'Allah.

Until such time, it would behove Christians like Pastor Jones to be mindful of Christianity's past, and think very hard before insulting a religion which hasn't yet had the time, or the inspiration, to reach a point where it feels secure and mature enough to eschew violent reaction to each and every slight.